[FLARES] HURRICANE WANDA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 6A

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HURRICANE WANDA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  6A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 PM EDT WED MAY 19 2004

THIS IS AN EXERCISE MESSAGE.  REPEATING, THIS IS AN EXERCISE MESSAGE.

.. DRILL! WANDA STRENGTHENING OVER THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA... HURRICANE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT ALONG THE LOWER SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COAST...
 
AT 8 PM EDT... 0000 UTC... A HURRICANE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM FLORIDA CITY TO JUPITER INLET ON THE FLORIDA EAST COAST AND FOR LAKE OKEECHOBEE FOR DETERIORATING CONDITIONS THURSDAY MORNING.  

AT 8 PM EDT... 0000 UTC... A HURRICANE WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT NORTH OF JUPITER INLET TO FLAGLER BEACH.  

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT SOUTH OF FLORIDA CITY AROUND THE FLORIDA PENINSULA TO BOCA GRANDE.  THIS INCLUDES ALL OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AND THE DRY TORTUGAS.  A HURRICANE WATCH CONTINUES NORTH OF BOCA GRANDE TO LONGBOAT KEY.

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN CUBA INCLUDING THE
PROVINCES OF PINAR DEL RIO... HAVANA... CIUDAD HAVANA... MATANZAS AND
THE ISLE OF YOUTH.

INTERESTS ON THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA SHOULD CONTINUE
TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF WANDA.
 
AT 8 PM EDT... 0000 UTC... THE CENTER OF HURRICANE WANDA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.3 NORTH ... LONGITUDE  82.7 WEST.  THIS IS JUST OFF THE NORTH COAST OF CUBA ABOUT 105 MILES... 170 KM... SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF KEY WEST FLORIDA.   

THE MORE WESTWARD LOCATION OF THE CENTER IS DUE TO MORE RELIABLE
CENTER LOCATIONS FROM A NOAA AIRCRAFT AS THE EYE OF WANDA BEGAN TO
EMERGE FROM CUBA.  WANDA IS NOW MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 7
MPH... 11 KM/HR AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR
THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.  ON THIS TRACK... THE CENTER OF WANDA WILL
BE NEAR THE FLORIDA KEYS ON THURSDAY.   
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOW ESTIMATED TO BE NEAR  85 MPH... 120
KM/HR... IN A SMALL AREA NEAR THE CENTER... WITH HIGHER GUSTS. 
CONTINUED STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS THE HURRICANE CONTINUES TO MOVE AWAY FROM CUBA.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 25 MILES... 35 KM... 
FROM THE CENTER... AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 115 MILES... 185 KM.  SAND KEY... JUST TO THE SOUTHWEST OF KEY WEST
RECENTLY REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 39 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 47 MPH. 
WIND GUSTS TO 48 MPH WERE REPORTED AT DRY TORTUGAS.
 
A NOAA AIRCRAFT REPORTED A MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 986 MB... 
29.12 INCHES.
 
A STORM SURGE OF 5 TO 7 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS IS EXPECTED IN
THE WARNING AREA OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL
TIDE LEVELS IN THE FLORIDA KEYS AND FLORIDA BAY.
 
HEAVY RAINS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS... ARE
ASSOCIATED WITH WANDA.
 
REPEATING THE 8 PM EDT POSITION... 23.3 N...  82.7 W.  MOVEMENT TOWARD... NORTH 7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 85 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 986 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM EDT.
 
PASCH



THIS IS AN EXERCISE MESSAGE.  REPEATING, THIS IS AN EXERCISE MESSAGE.
THIS IS AN EXERCISE MESSAGE.  REPEATING, THIS IS AN EXERCISE MESSAGE.

For graphical APRS plots of the Forecast see:
http://wxsvr.net/tmp/ui_cap.png
http://wxsvr.net/tmp/snapshot.png

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